The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 723
PT. 10 AT-TAUBAH CH. 9 وَلَوْ أَرَادُوا الْخُرُوجَ لَاعَدُّوا لَهُ عُدَّةً And if they had intended to. 46 وَلكِنْ كَرِهَ اللهُ انْبِعَاثَهُمْ فَثَبَّطَهُمْ have made some preparation for Beasis وَقِيْلَ اقْعُدُوا مَعَ الْقُعِدِينَ go forth, they would certainly it; but Allah was averse to their marching forth. So He kept them back, and it was said: ‘Sit ye at home with those who sit. '1203 لَوْ خَرَجُوْا فِيْكُمْ مَّازَادُوكُمْ If they had gone forth with. 47 you, "they would have added to وَلَا أَوْضَعُوا خِللَكُمُ يَبْغُونَكُمُ you nothing but trouble, and would have hurried to and fro in your midst, seeking to create discord among you. And there are among you those who would listen to them. And Allah well knows the wrongdoers. 1204 "3:119. الْفِتْنَةَ وَفِيْكُمْ سَمْعُونَ لَهُمْ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالظَّلِمِينَ and without explaining their inability the hypocrites had been really to accompany him. 1203. Important Words: (He kept them back) is derived from (thabița), i. e. he was or became stupid or weak in his action; or he became heavy, sluggish or slow. ab (thabbata-hu) means, he hindered or withheld him from doing the affair; or he diverted him from it by occupying him otherwise; or he prevented him from doing it by making him cowardly and weak-hearted; or he intervened as an obstacle between him and the affair (Lane). Commentary: The verse exposes the hollowness of the excuse offered by the hypocrites. It purports to say that if anxious to march out but had only been prevented from doing so by unforeseen obstacles over which they had no control and which had cropped up at the last moment, they should have made preparations for the expedition long before by providing themselves with arms and provision. But they did nothing of the sort. Thus the fact that they made no came with their preparation and excuses at the eleventh hour shows that from the very beginning they had no intention or desire to go and that the excuses they brought forward were only so many covers to veil their hypocrisy. 1163 1204. Important Words: (trouble) is the noun-infinitive